Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Ye Xiaofeng attended Sea God Island’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony, where his mother, Bo Saixi, expected him to awaken the Sea God Martial Soul. After Sea Horse Elder’s attempt revealed something was wrong, Bo Saixi took him away and tried herself, but nothing changed, leaving Ye Xiaofeng to realize he was a cripple.

• Sea Horse Elder proposed holding the island’s children’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony in Sea God Hall, and Bo Saixi approved.
• Bo Saixi appeared at the ceremony with Ye Xiaofeng, and the island’s people welcomed them as High Priest and Divine Son.
• The seven elders awakened the other children’s Martial Souls before Sea Horse Elder began Ye Xiaofeng’s awakening.
• Sea Horse Elder’s expression turned solemn during Ye Xiaofeng’s awakening, prompting Bo Saixi to take him away.
• Bo Saixi tried to awaken Ye Xiaofeng’s Martial Soul herself, but nothing happened, and Ye Xiaofeng realized he was a cripple.

After repeated failed martial soul awakenings, Ye Xiaofeng was forced to leave Sea God Island to protect him from its hostile elders and residents. Little White escorted him toward a port, where pirates intercepted his boat and found none of his valuables.

• Ye Xiaofeng failed to awaken a martial soul, and Bo Saixi and Little White comforted him as he struggled to accept it.
• Over the following years, Ye Xiaofeng's awakenings continued to fail, and islanders turned against him while Bo Saixi and Little White remained loyal.
• Bo Saixi discovered three elders were plotting against Ye Xiaofeng and secretly ordered Little White to take him away from Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi gave Ye Xiaofeng a Jade Pendant, and he said farewell to her before leaving with Little White.
• Little White left Ye Xiaofeng near the port, and he rowed on alone as a pirate ship approached and took him aboard.
• The pirate captain ordered his men to search Ye Xiaofeng, but they found nothing, including no Jade Pendant.

After pirates robbed Ye Xiaofeng and threw him into the sea, Shui Bing'er and her companions rescued him on a beach. Ye Xiaofeng awakened two martial souls with poor Ten-Year spirit rings, and Shui Bing'er invited him to travel with them as they went to an inn for food.

• Captain Jack's pirates took Ye Xiaofeng's valuables and threw him into the sea, where he lost consciousness and eventually drifted ashore.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu found Ye Xiaofeng on the beach, and Shui Bing'er revived him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions.
• Ye Xiaofeng's Heavenly Mystery System activated, granting him the Jade Swan and Seven Kill Sword martial souls, but both had three white Ten-Year spirit rings.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Ye Xiaofeng to Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Hai Rou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui, then offered to let him follow them despite Skywater Academy's ban on men.
• Ye Xiaofeng followed the group to an inn, ordered a large meal, and jokingly asked Xue Wu whether she wanted him to offer himself to her.

Ye Xiaofeng joined Shui Bing'er and her team on a hunt in Sunset Forest, where they defeated a Thousand Year Ice Toad and helped Shui Bing'er obtain her third Spirit Ring. The system rewarded Ye Xiaofeng for his help, then struck him with lightning for swearing.

• Ye Xiaofeng accepted Shui Bing'er's invitation to accompany her team to Sunset Forest to hunt for her third Spirit Ring.
• The team encountered five hundred-year-old boars, and Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er quickly defeated them.
• The team found a Thousand Year Ice Toad; Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to freeze it, and Ye Xiaofeng wounded it so Shui Bing'er could deliver the killing blow.
• Ye Xiaofeng used his healing skill to restore the team's Soul Power, allowing Shui Bing'er to safely absorb the Ice Toad's Spirit Ring and gain her third Soul Skill, Repulsion Ice Ring.
• The system rewarded Ye Xiaofeng by increasing all his Spirit Rings' cultivation by one hundred years and his Soul Power Level by five, then struck him with lightning after he swore at Xiao Bing.

Ye Xiaofeng revealed to Shui Bing'er that his spirit rings had advanced, then told her about the hardships he had endured before she saved him. Their tender moment was interrupted by Xue Wu, whose teasing sparked a meal full of embarrassing insinuations, leaving Ye Xiaofeng surrounded by Shui Bing'er and her sisters as Xue Wu urged him to eat supposed tonics.

• Ye Xiaofeng showed Shui Bing'er that the spirit rings of his two martial souls had changed from Ten-Year to Hundred-Year rings, and she agreed to keep the secret.
• Ye Xiaofeng told Shui Bing'er about failing to awaken a martial soul, being driven from home, and nearly dying to pirates; she bandaged his cut hand and comforted him.
• Xue Wu barged in and saw Shui Bing'er holding Ye Xiaofeng's hands, then teased Shui Bing'er about their closeness.
• Shui Yue'er noticed Ye Xiaofeng's bandaged hand and questioned him about his relationship with Shui Bing'er while Xue Wu egged on the sisters.
• At dinner, Xue Wu ordered lamb kidneys and tiger penis for Ye Xiaofeng and asked Shui Bing'er to persuade him to eat them.

Xue Wu set up Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er by tricking them into sharing drugged food and wine, then put them in the same bed after they passed out. They woke up believing they had slept together, but Shui Bing'er later confirmed they were still intact, and the pair tried to hide what happened from the others.

• After everyone left the restaurant, Xue Wu bribed a waiter to deliver tampered food and wine to Ye Xiaofeng and tell Shui Bing'er that he wanted to speak with her.
• Shui Bing'er went to Ye Xiaofeng's room, where they ate and drank the drugged food and wine while Xue Wu watched from outside.
• When Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er passed out, Xue Wu moved them onto the bed and removed their outer clothes.
• The next morning, Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er woke up in bed together and panicked, but they reconciled before a waiter interrupted them.
• At breakfast, Xue Wu teased Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er about the night before, while Shui Bing'er hid the truth and later checked that she was still intact.

Xue Wu kept setting up Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er, while Shui Bing'er persuaded Ye Xiaofeng to return to Skywater Academy. Ye Xiaofeng joined Wang Yan's class, where Xue Wu's latest prank left Shui Bing'er thinking he had teased her again.

• Xue Wu secretly touched Shui Bing'er's thigh, prompting Shui Bing'er to pinch Ye Xiaofeng and mistake him for the culprit.
• Xue Wu persuaded Ye Xiaofeng to return with Shui Bing'er to Skywater Academy so he could learn about Soul Masters and soul beasts.
• Wang Yan initially rejected Ye Xiaofeng for lacking a water- or ice-element martial soul, but accepted him after Shui Bing'er revealed that his Jade Swan could boost the team's attributes by 20%.
• Wang Yan brought Ye Xiaofeng into her all-girls class, rearranged the seats, and began teaching the students about Soul Master roles and team composition.
• After Wang Yan's lesson, Xue Wu yanked Shui Bing'er's hair tie, causing Shui Bing'er to turn and mistake Ye Xiaofeng for the one who had teased her.

After Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu became upset with Ye Xiaofeng, they found him asleep without lunch and brought him food before taking him to the neglected Peach Blossom Garden to live. Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er joined him and Xue Wu there, and Wang Yan reluctantly approved their move, leaving the group to settle into their new home.

• Shui Bing'er scolded Ye Xiaofeng after Xue Wu's teasing caused a misunderstanding, and Ye Xiaofeng later fell asleep hungry on a campus bench.
• Shui Yue'er brought Ye Xiaofeng a boxed meal, and Shui Bing'er took him to Peach Blossom Garden because the dormitories were full.
• Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er cleaned the courtyard and rooms after Xue Wu slipped away and claimed she had been sent back.
• Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er returned with supplies and announced they would move into Peach Blossom Garden with Ye Xiaofeng.
• Shui Bing'er asked Wang Yan for permission to move in with the others, and Wang Yan reluctantly agreed after learning they had already settled there.

Ye Xiaofeng took Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er to the Extreme North to find Soul Rings for the two girls nearing Level 30. Shui Yue'er gained the Ice Burst Technique from a two-thousand-year Ice Emperor Scorpion, while the group continued searching for a Soul Beast for Xue Wu.

• Wang Yan read Ye Xiaofeng's enrollment form and planned to meet him, while Shui Bing'er secured her teacher's approval to move in with him and received one hundred Gold Soul Coins for him.
• After half a year of study, Ye Xiaofeng led the three girls to the Extreme North instead of Sunset Forest to hunt for Soul Beasts.
• When an Ice Emperor Scorpion ambushed Xue Wu, Ye Xiaofeng blocked its attack, and the group worked together to injure and subdue it.
• Shui Yue'er absorbed the Ice Emperor Scorpion's purple Soul Ring and gained the powerful third Soul Skill, Ice Burst Technique.
• Xue Wu asked to hunt for another Ice Emperor Scorpion so she could gain the same skill, but Ye Xiaofeng warned that the chance was extremely rare.
• Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er shared a tender moment, then joined Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er in continuing their search for Xue Wu's Soul Beast.

Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu searched the Extreme North for a soul ring and spent the night together in a mountain cave. After revealing that he would leave once their soul-ring hunt was finished, Ye Xiaofeng reassured Shui Bing'er and asked her to lead the others while he trained alone.

• Ye Xiaofeng joked with the three girls as they searched for a suitable soul beast, then led them toward a snowy mountain when they found none nearby.
• After three days of travel, the group rested in a cave, where Ye Xiaofeng made a fire, warmed their frozen rations, and roasted rabbits for everyone.
• Ye Xiaofeng revealed that his mission would soon be complete, and Shui Bing'er realized he planned to leave them.
• Shui Bing'er confronted Ye Xiaofeng, slapped him, and asked to accompany him; he said he needed to train alone and asked her to help the others master their ice attributes.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to stay with the group and fell asleep holding Ye Xiaofeng, while Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er discovered them together the next morning and teased them.

Ye Xiaofeng helped Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er gain their third soul rings, then prepared to leave Skywater Academy for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s guidance. After Wang Yan tested him and Shui Bing’er in the woods, she let him go, while Shui Bing’er remained with him.

• Xue Wu killed a thousand-year Snow Lotus, absorbed its soul ring, and gained the third soul skill Floating Snow.
• Ye Xiaofeng received the Simulated Soul Ring skill and five Soul Power Levels, reaching level 40 and revealing his simulated rings to Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er.
• Ye Xiaofeng and Shui Bing'er shared a tearful farewell before he left Peach Blossom Garden at night.
• A masked woman attacked Ye Xiaofeng in the woods, and Shui Bing'er rushed in to protect him.
• Wang Yan revealed herself as the masked attacker, explained that she had been testing Ye Xiaofeng, and agreed to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret.
• Ye Xiaofeng told Wang Yan he was going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek Sword Douluo Chen Xin's guidance, and she let him leave.

Ye Xiaofeng left Skywater Academy, said goodbye to Shui Bing'er, and traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire capital, where he learned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was recruiting outer disciples. After a noisy disturbance at the inn led him to kick open Dai Mubai’s door, the two young men prepared to fight.

• Ye Xiaofeng said goodbye to Shui Bing'er and left Skywater Academy, while she returned to Peach Blossom Garden and urged Xue Wu and Shui Yue'er to keep cultivating.
• Ye Xiaofeng reached the Heaven Dou Empire capital, checked into the Heavenly Human World Inn, and learned from Li Baocai that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was recruiting qualified Assault System Soul Masters.
• Li Baocai waived Ye Xiaofeng’s expenses, and Ye Xiaofeng rested at the inn while thinking of his family, Shui Bing'er, and his plans to return to Sea God Island after improving his cultivation.
• Dai Mubai’s noisy night next door kept Ye Xiaofeng awake, so Ye Xiaofeng kicked open his door and confronted him.
• Dai Mubai and Ye Xiaofeng ignored Li Baocai’s attempt to calm them and prepared to fight.

Ye Xiaofeng defeated Dai Mubai in a fight, then accepted Dai Mubai’s invitation to visit the Great Soul Arena and entered a tournament under the name Sword God. After crushing his first opponent, he challenged every Soul Master at Soul Ancestor level or below to provoke more challengers.

• Ye Xiaofeng’s Green Lotus Bodyguard withstood Dai Mubai’s attacks, and Ye Xiaofeng defeated him with Sweep the Thousand Armies.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself, invited Ye Xiaofeng to join Shrek Academy, and then accepted Ye Xiaofeng’s offer to share drinks instead.
• The next day, Dai Mubai led Ye Xiaofeng to the Great Soul Arena, where Ye Xiaofeng registered as Sword God with level 41 Soul Power and bet on his own victories.
• Ye Xiaofeng called for any Soul Master at Soul Ancestor level or below to challenge him, and Niu Dali stepped onto the platform.
• Ye Xiaofeng shattered Niu Dali’s first Soul Skill with Sweep the Thousand Armies, knocked him off the platform, and declared the Soul Masters below Soul Ancestor level to be trash.

Ye Xiaofeng defeated Yu Xiaohu and won nine consecutive arena matches, prompting the Soul Fighting Arena to send A Xin against him. Their tenth-match duel began, and though Ye Xiaofeng wounded A Xin with his space-freezing Soul Skill, A Xin revealed he had comprehended a Self-Created Soul Skill and refused to admit defeat.

• Dai Mubai watched Ye Xiaofeng defeat Yu Xiaohu and discussed Ye Xiaofeng's strength with the twins.
• Ye Xiaofeng won nine matches in a row, so the Soul Fighting Arena manager arranged for A Xin to challenge him.
• Dai Mubai warned Ye Xiaofeng that A Xin had a Level 55 Fire Dragon Spear Martial Soul, but chose to keep betting alongside him.
• A Xin demanded a larger reward from the manager and agreed to fight Ye Xiaofeng for 500,000 Gold Soul Coins and help obtaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ye Xiaofeng and A Xin began their tenth-match duel, trading Soul Skills until A Xin's fifth Soul Skill forced Ye Xiaofeng to use Momentary Trace and wound him.
• A Xin refused Ye Xiaofeng's suggestion to surrender, revealing that he had comprehended a Self-Created Soul Skill.

Ye Xiaofeng defeated A Xin in the Great Soul Arena, then entered a seven-day state of enlightenment while recovering from his injuries. He gained the Eye of God and Demon, collected his winnings, and declined Luo Shaotian’s offer to join the arena.

• A Xin used Man-Spear Unity to pierce Ye Xiaofeng, but Ye Xiaofeng struck back and wounded him; both fighters collapsed, and the arena declared Ye Xiaofeng the winner.
• Ye Xiaofeng privately healed himself with his Jade Swan Martial Soul and entered enlightenment while reflecting on A Xin’s spear technique.
• Dai Mubai and the twin sisters guarded Ye Xiaofeng for seven days, and Dai Mubai kept the arena manager from disturbing him.
• Ye Xiaofeng woke and received the Eye of God and Demon from the Heavenly Mystery System, accidentally injuring Dai Mubai with his gaze before healing him.
• Luo Shaotian gave Ye Xiaofeng his winnings and invited him to join the Soul Fighting Arena, but Ye Xiaofeng declined.
• Ye Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai went to the inn, where Dai Mubai offered to transfer his winnings to Ye Xiaofeng.

Ye Xiaofeng rejected Dai Mubai’s attempt to arrange women for him, then went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded a chance to join despite recruitment having ended. After testing his newly created Man-Sword Unity against Hall Master Lei Yue, he earned a sect token and became a member.

• Ye Xiaofeng refused Dai Mubai’s offer of more Gold Soul Coins and learned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s recruitment had ended.
• Dai Mubai sent two women to Ye Xiaofeng’s room, but Ye Xiaofeng resisted their advances and drove them away with his Seven Kill Sword.
• The next day, Ye Xiaofeng went alone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where its guards refused to announce him and he knocked them down.
• Hall Master Lei Yue offered Ye Xiaofeng a chance to join if he could make Lei Yue take half a step back in three moves.
• Ye Xiaofeng used Man-Sword Unity, forcing Lei Yue to release Soul Power, and Lei Yue declared himself the loser and gave Ye Xiaofeng a sect token.
• Lei Yue and the two guards agreed to keep the confrontation secret.

Ye Xiaofeng entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Hall Master Lei Yue discovered that he wielded the Seven Kill Sword and alerted Sword Douluo Chen Xin. Chen Xin investigated Ye Xiaofeng’s past and questioned Shui Bing’er, then left after learning how she had rescued and cared for him.

• Hall Master Lei Yue offered to take Ye Xiaofeng as his disciple, but Ye refused and revealed that he was a level 41 Assault System Soul Master with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Lei Yue told Sword Douluo Chen Xin about Ye Xiaofeng, and Chen Xin began investigating the young man’s identity and history.
• Chen Xin tracked Ye Xiaofeng to Skywater Academy and met Shui Bing’er, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue’er at Peach Blossom Garden.
• Shui Bing’er offered her life to protect Ye Xiaofeng, and Chen Xin tested her resolve before revealing that he had no intention of harming him.
• Shui Bing’er told Chen Xin how she had rescued Ye Xiaofeng and described his exile; Chen Xin declined her request to take him as a disciple, saying Ye needed to temper himself first.
• Chen Xin left, and Shui Bing’er told Xue Wu and Shui Yue’er to keep the encounter secret and reassured them that Ye Xiaofeng was doing well.

Ye Xiaofeng prepared for the sect’s newcomer competition, defeated Wang Hao, and wagered heavily on A Xin at the Great Soul Fighting Arena. A Xin won a brutal duel against Tian Hu, while Luo Shaotian’s scheme to make Ye Xiaofeng lose remained unresolved.

• Hall Master Lei told Ye Xiaofeng that the newcomer competition’s winner could make a request of the Sect Master, and Ye Xiaofeng vowed to compete.
• Wang Hao tried to claim Ye Xiaofeng’s room, but Ye Xiaofeng defeated him and left his sword at Wang Hao’s neck.
• Ye Xiaofeng visited the Great Soul Fighting Arena and bet 1,150,000 Gold Soul Coins on A Xin after the attendant revealed his Purple Gold Card’s credit limit.
• Luo Shaotian arranged for Ye Xiaofeng to bet on A Xin, expecting A Xin to lose and Ye Xiaofeng to lose his money.
• A Xin fought Tian Hu, endured his sixth Soul Skill with Man-Spear Unity, and defeated him despite his higher level.
• Tian Hu attacked A Xin after losing, so A Xin struck him through the heart; A Xin won but collapsed from exhaustion.

After winning millions at the Great Soul Arena, Ye Xiaofeng recruited Shopkeeper Li into a scheme and demonstrated his twin martial souls. With a fight against A Xin approaching, Ye Xiaofeng secretly agreed to Luo Shaotian’s offer to throw the match for ten million.

• Ye Xiaofeng left the Great Soul Arena with 3.75 million after repaying his overdraft, while Luo Shaotian fainted over the losses.
• At the Heavenly Human World Inn, Ye Xiaofeng negotiated a partnership with Shopkeeper Li and healed him after stabbing him with the Seven Kill Sword, revealing his twin martial souls.
• Shopkeeper Li agreed to submit to Ye Xiaofeng, who decided they needed a foolproof plan to outwit the Great Soul Arena.
• After receiving A Xin’s challenge for a match in three days, Ye Xiaofeng met Luo Shaotian secretly at the arena.
• Luo Shaotian offered Ye Xiaofeng money to deliberately lose to A Xin, and Ye Xiaofeng accepted ten million and signed an agreement.

Ye Xiaofeng and Shopkeeper Li manipulated the Great Soul Arena’s betting on A Xin’s rematch, while Ye Xiaofeng appeared to lose and cost the arena hundreds of millions. After Xue Qinghe ordered an investigation, Ye Xiaofeng and Shopkeeper Li left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The Great Soul Arena barred Ye Xiaofeng from betting, so he pretended to be angry and staged a plan with Shopkeeper Li at the inn.
• Just before betting closed, Li Baocai wagered 120 million on A Xin, shifting the odds as Sword Douluo realized Ye Xiaofeng and Shopkeeper Li were working together.
• A Xin and Ye Xiaofeng fought evenly until Ye Xiaofeng’s sword shattered and A Xin pierced his shoulder, seemingly winning the match.
• The arena steward told Luo Shaotian and Xue Qinghe that the arena had lost 672 million to the late wager, and Xue Qinghe ordered an investigation.
• Ye Xiaofeng and Shopkeeper Li decided to keep a low profile and headed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ye Xiaofeng used Hall Master Lei’s name to persuade the guards to admit them.